Pelosi: If Boehner Were A Woman, They’d Call Him ‘Weakest Speaker In History’

[kpete]

Source: Talking Points Memo

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) has drawn no shortage of critics – even within his own party — but his predecessor thinks he's getting off easy.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Monday told MSNBC's Chris Hayes that Boehner would be slapped with a humbling label if he were a woman.

"Well, I will say this about John Boehner, and I have a good relationship," Pelosi said. "If he were a woman, they'd be calling him the weakest speaker in history."

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“You know what, if a woman were speaker and nothing was happening in this way, they’d say, ‘Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh,’” Pelosi said. “I’m just getting a little, shall we say, tired of some of the ways they take a pass on some and not on others. We get criticized for accomplishing things. They don’t get criticized for not accomplishing things

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[nolabear]

1. She did get a "Damn Skippy!" from me on that one.

[Hotler]

2. If he was a women he'd be called the C-word. n/t

[eggplant]

14. Californian? ;-) n/t

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

3. She's got to be furious with how she has been treated in the media. When she was Speaker, it

was the most productive Congress in history. When Boehner became Speaker, he hasn't done anything.

That, my friends, is what you call S-E-X-I-S-M!! If Pelosi had done nothing as Boehner has not, how much more would the corporate media hate Nancy Pelosi? As if they don't hate her enough; it would be much worse than it is now.

However, Boehner continues to be treated with kid gloves in the media. He continues to hold onto power. And he is deliberately destroying the country. He and his Teabagger companions.

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

4. I have come to realize...

... that Boehner being the, "worst", speaker ever was all part of the plan to make sure nothing but teabagger junk is on the agenda, that and Issa's continued harrassment/disingenuous services to the PTB to make sure things stay stuffed up and no progress is made.

[LanternWaste]

5. He'd also be referred to as "overly-emotional" and "hysterical" due to his crying

He'd also be referred to as "overly-emotional" and "hysterical" due to his crying, but as we rarely refer to males in positions of authority as such...

[NewJeffCT]

7. you're right

but, a woman in his position wouldn't be able to be such a wuss.

[Orrex]

12. That's for damn sure

Clinton's breath caught in her throat ONCE during her 2008 presidential campaign, and it was all over the media for weeks. Boehner cries like a baby when he misses the ice cream truck, and no one in the media makes a peep about it.


BULLSHIT!

[oberliner]

6. They do call him that

I think he is widely regarded this way both inside and outside of his party.

[heaven05]

8. about

damn time someone called it the way it is! And by the way Reid is a pitiful case also.

[hrmjustin]

9. She is absolutely right!

[ancianita]

10. If he were black they'd try to impeach him.

[onehandle]

11. I've been saying that for years. He's a feckless seat warmer for a real Speaker. nt

[Berlum]

13. Republican chickenhawks like Boehner are self-emasculating. Pelosi's just pointing out reality.

TeaBaggetters are totally blowing off teh Boehner, kicking sand in his organge face, and running this show.

[msanthrope]

15. Boehner would be Peggy Noonan if he was a woman--drunk by 3, mumbling

conservative inanities, still thinking they are good-looking and relevant...

[siligut]

16. Having the M$M in your pocket has advantages

Being the lap dog of the wealthy means you can be a pitiful wreck.

[BlueStater]

17. They're both as weak as shit, regardless of gender. N/T

[smirkymonkey]

18. What a pathetic excuse for a human being.

He makes me physcally ill.